Draft attachment.



PATENTBD SEPT. 10, 1907.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1Q, 1906.

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ATTORNEYS UNITED STAES PATENT OFFICE.

.IOHN J. MAGINN AND AARON E. CARY, OF GREELY, NEBRASKA.

DRAFT ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1907'.

Application filed November 10, 1906. Serial No. 342,803.

fo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, .Tor-1N J. MAGINN and AARON E. CARY, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Greely, in the county of Greely andState of Nebraska, have invented an Improved Draft Attachment for Plowsand Harvesters, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention is an improvement in that class of draft appliances orattachment for plows and harvesters which are subjected to side draft.

The details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts are ashereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich- Figure l is a perspective view of our improved attachment appliedto the tongue of a binder harvester; Fig. 2 is a detail sectionhereinafter referred to; Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3 3 ofFig. l; Fig. 4 is another perspective view showing our improvedattachment provided with a 4-horse evener. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectionon the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

The chief parts of my improved attachment are an angle plate A, a leverB, and a hook or connecting device C, the parts being arranged as shownin Fig. l. That is to say, the angle plate A rests with one flat side onthe pole or tongue D of a binder, and it is secured thereto by themedium of angular brackets E, which are riveted to the respective partsA and D, as shown in Fig. 3. By making the plate A in angular form, asshown, it combines maximum lightness and strength. The lever B is curvedrearward at one end and is pivoted at the other end to the extremity a.of the angle plate A. It rests and is adapted to swing on the horizontalpart of the angle plate, and is held down thereon by means of a claw orlug F-sce Figs. and 2-one end ofthe lug being riveted to the lever andthe other being bent laterally so as to project underneath the end ofthe angle plate A. The rod C connects the other end of the lever B witha bracket Gr which is secured to the opposite side of the tongue D at apoint located some distance in the rear of the plate A. The ends of therod C are bent downward to adapt it to enter the said bracket and holesformed in the free end of the lever. It thus constitutes practically adetachable hook which, when applied as shown, holds the free end of thelever rigidly in position. Instead of providing a series of holes whichpermit different adjustments, I may employ rods or hooks of differentlengths. In Fig. 4 I show an evener H attached to the lever B at thepoint b by means of a suitable clevis. It is obvious that by thisconstruction and arrangement of parts I provide for attachment andsupport of the evener at a point where it will offset excessive sidedraft, and that by shifting the lever B on the pivot a it may be securedat different horizontal inclinations to the angle plate in order tovary' the draft, by substituting hooks C of different lengths or byadjusting one end of the hook in different holes in the lever B.

The entire attachment is simple in construction, eX- ceedingly strong,and may be easily attached to any harvester pole or tongue.

In order to apply the attachment to the tongue I of a grain binder, orthe beam of a plow, I employ devices comprising bifurcated clips J, andthe horizontal bar or clevis K, the latter being bolted to the beam Iand the clips embracing its ends as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

l What I claim is- 1. The combination with the tongue of an agriculturalimplement, of a draft appliance comprising an angle plate secured to thetongue, a curved draft lever pivotcd to one end of the plate and havinga draft appliance secured to it adjacent to the other end of said plate,and a hook which connects the free curved end of the lever with the beamat a point in rear of the said plate, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a pole or tongue and a horizontal plateextending across the same and rigidly secured thereto, of a draft leverwhich is pivoted at one end to the right-hand end of the plate andprovided with a lug which engages the opposite end of the plate forholding the lever down thereon, and a connecting device extendingbetween the free end of the lever and the portion of the tongue in rearof the plate, substantially as described.

JOHN J'. MAGINN.

. AARON E. CARY.

Witnesses z T. .T. HOWARD, I'IOMER KELLEY.

